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Transgender people in B.C. will soon have access to publicly funded gender-affirming lower surgeries within the province, as British Columbia becomes the first province in western Canada to offer these procedures next year. “The trans community has advocated over a …

British Columbians who do not identify as male or female will have the choice to display an X as a third option in the gender field of their B.C.-issued driver’s licence, identity card, birth certificate and BC Services Card. “Since …

Government has introduced legislative amendments to the Human Rights Code that will re-establish a human rights commission for B.C. to promote and protect human rights for all British Columbians. “As we see what’s happening around the globe, it has never …

Best of Vancouver 2018: News & Politics by Staff on October 3rd, 2018 at 4:00 PM There was a new voice in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia last March—a very new voice, in fact.Romi Chandra Herbert There was a …

It’s no longer ‘too bad, so sad’ to be a tenant in BC, they say. By Andrew MacLeod ‘It does signal progress,’ says renter advocate Andrew Sakamoto of the B.C. government’s decision to cap rising rents. Photo by lcatnews, Shutterstock. That …

Landlords have to apply to exceed cap for renovations, repairs Tom Fletcher The B.C. government has moved to cap B.C. rents to the rate of inflation, as identified by an MLA task force. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Selina Robinson …

Eric Zimmer Sep 26, 2018 After the recent approval of a 4.5% allowable rent increase in BC next year, followed by the release of preliminary recommendations on how to tackle rental issues across the province, Housing Minister Selina Robinson along with Premier …

The move would do away with the current calculation that allows landlords to charge their tenants annual inflationary increase plus an additional two per cent top-up. The BC NDP is being urged by a government task force to limit rent …